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Instruction in cookery (Methuen's text-books, Thompson)

1908

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Presented as published in 1908. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
If the cooking class is held near one of the open * Provision of Meals Act. 62 INSTRUCTION IN COOKERY BEEF English and Prime Scotch, American, per Pound. per Pound. s. d. s. d. Aitchbone from io lb. - - from Brisket (whole), fresh or salt, about O 6i O 5 18 lb. - O 6 O 5 Brisket (cut, either end) - O 7 O 6 Buttock (whole), from about 40 lb. - O 7i O ,, steak I 0 O 11 Fillet I 2 I 1 Flank, thick (whole), about 20 lb. - O 7h O 7 ,, ,, (best cut) 0 10 O 9 ,, thin O 4 O 3 Gravy beef O 8 O 7 Legs and shins (whole), about 20 lb. O 4 O 3 Pieces to stew O 8 O 8 Ribs, fore (whole), about 24 lb. O 9 O 6 i , , back O 7 i O 6i ,, for rolling, over 10 lb. - O 9i O 9 ,, ,, under 1 0 lb. - O 10 O 92 ,, wing O ni O ioi ,, middle cut - O 11 0 9 i ,, top O 8 O 7 Rump (whole), about 24 lb. - O 9 O 8 , , steak I 2 I 1 ,, first cut - I 0 O 11 , , top Scotch collops .... O 10 O 9 O 10 Sirloins (whole), 28 to 35 lb. - O 9i O Si ,, (prime cut) O O I°2 ,, (wing end) - Silverside, fresh or salt (whole), O 10^ O 92 from about 18 lb. O 7\ O 6i Silverside (cut, either end) O 9 O 8 ,, (middle cut) - Skirt O 9| O Si O 9 O s-i Stock meat with bone - 0 6 O 5 Topside (whole), from about 24 lb. - 0 8* O 7i ,, (either end) - 0 10 O 9i ,, (middle cut), without bone 0 11 O ioi Sausages, beef - 0 5 — Suet 0 8 — ,, chopped ready for use - Ox tails 0 8 — 1 1 9 to 2 0 from 9 street markets, very good and cheap things may be bought at certain times in the morning, but it is no TEACHING DOMESTIC ECONOMY 63 MUTTON AND LAMB Scotch Prime Prime Finest and South Mountain English New New Down Mutton, Lamb, Zealand Zealand Mutton, per Pound. per Mutton, Mutton, per Pound. Pound. per Pound. per Pound. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Whole 0 8 0 8i — 0 5 O 6 Sides- - 0 8 0 9 — O 5 O 6^ Hind-quarters - 0 10 0 10 I O 0 6J O 81 Fore-quarters - 0 8 0 8 O II 0 5 0 6£ Haunches - 0 io£ 0 M O — 0 7 — Legs - — 0 II I 2 0 9 ,, under 8 lb. 0 11 — — 0 7\ ,, over 8 lb. - Shoulders - 0 10 — — 0 7 — 0 8| 0 9 I I 0 6 0 8i Loins 0 ioi 0 io£ I I O 64r 0 8i ,, (trimmed) 1 0 — — 0 7\ — ,, (best .end) 1 1 — — 0 8 — Saddle 0 10 0 ioi I I 0 6 HP 00 0 Chops (trimmed) 1 2 — 0 10 — ,, (not trimmed) - 1 0 — — 0 8 — Chump, about 2 lb. - o g — — — ,, chops - 1 0 — — — Necks (whole) - 0 81 — O II 0 6 0 7 ,, under 6 lb. Necks (best end and 0 9 O 8£ — — middle), 4 lb. - Necks (best end and 0 ioi 0 11 — 0 8 0 10 middle, cut) - Necks (best end and 1 0 1 1 — — — middle), 3 lb. 1 1 — — — — Ribs - 0 6^ 0 7 O IO 0 4i 0 5i Pieces for stew - 6d. to 8d. Breasts 0 4 0 4 0 2^ 0 3i Suet - 0 5 Kidneys - 0 31 — — 1 3 each per doz. good dislocating the smooth working of a class by waiting for these while somebody goes out and brings them in, and that is one great reason why it is best to deal regularly with the same tradesmen. In providing dinners at 2d. ahead, if potatoes must be allowed per child. Of the following cheap vege- 64 INSTRUCTION IN COOKERY VEAL